Quinta doVallado
One of the oldest wine estates in the Douro, founded in 1716 and owned by descendants of Dona Antónia Adelaide Ferreira, the woman who built the modern port trade.
Quinta do Vallado is an estate destination wedding venue in Peso da Régua, Portugal, hosting 20 to 80 guests in the $$$ price range, reached from Porto Francisco Sá Carneiro (OPO), 1 hour 15 minutes by car. Best months: June, July, August, September.
Quinta do Vallado in Peso da Régua, open June – September.
One of the oldest wine estates in the Douro, founded in 1716 and owned by descendants of Dona Antónia Adelaide Ferreira, the woman who built the modern port trade.
The quinta sits on the Corgo river a few minutes from Peso da Régua and is still a working winery first: 19 rooms across a traditional house, a schist-clad modern building by the architects Guedes Cruz, and the Eira suites.
Weddings here top out around 80 guests, which is what the estate is built for and what the roads and the rooms will carry.
Ceremonies happen among the vines or on the lawns above the river, drinks in the barrel room, dinner in the cellar or outside with the terraces climbing behind.
4 notes of our own.
Wine estate founded in 1716, still owned by the founding family
19 rooms across a traditional house and a schist-clad modern wing
Ceremony among the vines, dinner in the working cellar
Suits 50 to 80 guests; not built for a large wedding
Best held in June, July, August.
The months the weather, and the local rhythm, is kindest to a stay at Quinta do Vallado.
Ask about a date.
Choose a day from the calendar.
Nothing is reserved until the venue confirms. A first note comes back within two business days.
How the weekend usually runs.
Yours will be different, nothing below is required. Every planning begins with the three meals you most want to eat, and builds outward.
- 19:00Tasting and dinner in the barrel room
- 11:00Walk through the vineyards above the Corgo
- 18:00Ceremony among the vines
- 19:00Drinks on the lawn above the river
- 20:30Dinner in the cellar where the wine is made
- 11:00Breakfast, then the Douro train back to Porto
Things worth knowing.
OPO · 1 hour 15 minutes by car
Guests fly into Porto Francisco Sá Carneiro. Our team arranges every transfer.
€25,000
The per-head range is planner-reported for 2026 rather than published by the estate. Room counts are the quinta’s own. The capacity and the remaining euro figures are estimates, not a quote.
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€25,000 to €55,000 for 70 guests over two nights (estimated)
Space hire quoted per event, not published
A one-time licence and setup fee, paid to the venue.
€100 / head
A seated dinner with wine and service, by headcount.
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€100 to €160 per guest for food and estate wine (planner-reported for 2026)
€200 / night
A standard room in the wedding window. Group rates on request.
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€200 to €400 per room in season (estimated)
June – September
The 4 months the weather is kindest. Shoulder dates soften the light and the rates.
Figures are estimates, modeled from regional rates and public sources, not a quote from the venue. Once the venue claims this page, their own rates take precedence.
Asked along the way.
How many guests can Quinta do Vallado take?+
Planner accounts put practical capacity at up to about 80 guests, with 50 to 80 the size the estate handles best. The quinta does not publish a wedding maximum, so confirm your number and the layout with the estate directly.
How many people can sleep at the quinta?+
There are 19 rooms: five in the traditional 18th-century house, eight in the modern schist building and six Eira suites. That covers the wedding party. Everyone else stays in Régua or Lamego, both within fifteen minutes.
Is the winery still working?+
Yes. Vallado is a producing Douro estate making table wines and port, and the cellar used for dinners is the cellar the wine is made in. Harvest runs from mid-September, which affects what spaces are free and when.
Can guests come by train?+
Peso da Régua station is about five minutes away on the Douro line from Porto São Bento, a two-hour ride along the river that most guests will treat as part of the trip. That makes Vallado one of the easier Douro venues to reach without cars.
What does a wedding here cost per person?+
Third-party planner figures for 2026 sit around €100 to €160 per guest for food and drink, which is materially below the Douro’s hotel venues. Treat that as an estimate and ask the estate for a written proposal.
Others to weigh.
Ask about dates at Quinta do Vallado.
A note to us with a rough season and guest count. Nothing is reserved until the venue confirms. A reply comes within two business days, from a person by name.